diff --git a/python/lsst/consdb/client.py b/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
index 0e1beb34..602d5ca7 100644
--- a/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
+++ b/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 from pandas import DataFrame
 import requests